2000: Richard Farnsworth, actor

Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times

A Los Angeles native, Richard Farnsworth was the oldest leading actor to get a Academy Award nomination — for his role in 1999's "The Straight Story." The former Hollywood stuntman shot himself on his New Mexico ranch after being diagnosed with terminal bone cancer. Richard Farnsworth's Hollywood Star

A Los Angeles native, Richard Farnsworth was the oldest leading actor to get a Academy Award nomination — for his role in 1999's "The Straight Story." The former Hollywood stuntman shot himself on his New Mexico ranch after being diagnosed with terminal bone cancer. Richard Farnsworth's Hollywood Star (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)

A Los Angeles native, Richard Farnsworth was the oldest leading actor to get a Academy Award nomination — for his role in 1999's "The Straight Story." The former Hollywood stuntman shot himself on his New Mexico ranch after being diagnosed with terminal bone cancer. Richard Farnsworth's Hollywood Star